What should a course of NHS dental treatment consist of?

(a) an examination of a patient, an assessment of their oral health, and the planning of any treatment to be provided to that patient as a result of that examination and assessment; and

(b) the provision of any planned treatment (including any treatment planned at a time other than the time of the initial examination) to that patient.

The course of treatment will also include any treatment that is discovered during the course, even at a later date to the initial assessment. For example, the dentist could state that a patient needs three fillings but when the patient returns for the final filling; the dentist realises that the patient needs a further filling. This would be included in the same CoT and come under the same initial charge. The performer would only receive the one set of UDA.